Correa,
a 2001 graduate of Lindbergh High School, is a member of the Tukwila Fire
Explorers, a program that gives youths 16 to 20 years of age a chance to
explore a career in firefighting. Kronen is the post advisor.

"I
figure if it wasn't for those guys I'd be dead -- or a vegetable,'' Oberle
said.

The
62-year-old retired tool-and-die maker from Toledo, Ohio, was visiting
the cemetery on a family vacation. He was watching a buggy with his two
young grandchildren in it while his son shot pictures.

"All
of a sudden everything started spinning. I went into cardiac arrest,''
Oberle said.

He
collapsed, pulling the buggy over.

Correa
and Kronen, who were visiting the cemetery after attending a national Fire
Explorers conference, began CPR.

Doctors
installed a pacemaker and Oberle said he's now feeling better.

"The
weird thing was, that night when things started settling down, the nurse
asked if I wanted the TV turned on. I turned on TNN and got the Grand Old
Opry. The first song was, `Angels Are Watching Over You.'

"It
was weird. I had tears in my eye. I thought, boy, if that doesn't just
fit the bill.''

Besides
Correa, three other members of the Tukwila Fire Explorers were in Washington,
D.C., after attending the National Fire And Emergency Services Explorer
Conference in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

They
were 18-year-old Kevin O'Keefe, a graduate of Lindbergh High; 18-year-old
Mike White, a graduate of Auburn High School; and 17-year-old Olivia Noble,
an Auburn High School student.

White
placed second in the one-person CPR competition. He and O'Keefe finished
first and second, respectively, on the Firefighter 1 certification exam.